24 City 2008
二十四城记
As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.
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Vocabulary
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| 设 設 | to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if | |
| 制 製 | to manufacture; to make | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 格 格 | square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively | |
| 丝 絲 | silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 声嘶力竭 聲嘶力竭 | to shout oneself hoarse (idiom) | Idiom |
| 评头论足 評頭論足 | lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance; fig. to find fault in minor details; to remark upon a person's appearance; nitpicking; overcritical; judgmental | Idiom |
| 刻骨铭心 刻骨銘心 | lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; unforgettable | Idiom |
| 失魂落魄 失魂落魄 | (idiom) dazed; beside oneself | Idiom |
| 乱哄哄 亂哄哄 | noisy and in disarray; in an uproar | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 缝纫 縫紉 | to sew | |
| 刮刀 刮刀 | spatula; scraper | |
| 抗美援朝 抗美援朝 | Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan) | |
| 岂止 豈止 | not only; far from; more than | |
| 摆地摊 擺地攤 | to run a street stall | |
| 工作服 工作服 | work clothes | |
| 反攻 反攻 | to counterattack; a counteroffensive | |
| 漂泊 漂泊 | (of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence | |
| 拚命 拚命 | to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it | |
| 情书 情書 | love letter | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 轰隆 轟隆 | (onom.) rumbling; rolling | |
| 五星红旗 五星紅旗 | five-starred red flag (PRC national flag) | |
| 迎风 迎風 | in the wind; facing the wind; downwind | |
| 艰难曲折 艱難曲折 | full of difficulties and twists and turns (idiom); arduous and full of setbacks | |
| 腰杆 腰桿 | (a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight); (fig.) backing; support | |
| 厂矿 廠礦 | factories and mines | |
| 修理厂 修理廠 | repair shop | |
| 临走 臨走 | before leaving; on departure | |
| 涂层 塗層 | protective layer; coating | |
| 酒席 酒席 | feast; banquet | |
| 自负盈亏 自負盈虧 | responsible for its profit and losses (of organization); financially autonomous; personal financial responsibility | |
| 顺境 順境 | favorable circumstances | |
| 文化宫 文化宮 | cultural palace | |
| 摊点 攤點 | place for a vendor's stall | |
| 番号 番號 | number of military unit | |
| 塌方 塌方 | to cave in; to collapse; to have a landslide | |
| 大雾 大霧 | thick fog | |
| 晕船 暈船 | to become seasick | |
| 有码 有碼 | pixelated or censored (of video) | |
| 脐橙 臍橙 | navel orange |